Why PyLadies? Our effect on the community

(percentages are not at all accurate, and are roughly estimated based on guessing names-to-gender scripts):

PyCon 2011 had less than 10% women attendees (speaker % unknown)

PyLadies started in late 2011

PyCon 2012 had about 11% women attendees, and about the same in speakers. 2013 with about 14 chapters, PyCon had over 20% women attendees and 22% women speakers.

For PyCon 2014, we saw that about one-third of attendees and speakers were women.

No overhead - we’re all volunteers! ;-)

Lastly, donations tax deductible since PyLadies is under the financial enclave of the Python Software Foundation

What you will get in return

Unless you explicitly choose to be anonymous (though the online donation site or in private discussions), we will profusely thank you via our public channels (Twitter, this blog, and at our PyCon booth)

Provide a detailed write-up and financial introspection of how many women we’ve helped because of this campaign

Visibility! It shows the PyCon/Python community that your company/you are serious about women in tech - which can directly benefit sponsors with increased hiring pool of female Pythonistas.